God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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direction. If this be true, then there must be a
purpose.
In support of this view, we reproduce below a
paper on this subject written by Frank Allen, a
prominent biophysicist whose specializations are
colour vision, physiological optics, liquid oil
production and glandular mutations.
It has often been made to appear that the
material universe has not needed a Creator. It
is undeniable, however, that the universe
exists. Four solutions of its origin may be
proposed: first, that it is an illusion—contrary
to the preceding statement; second, that it
spontaneously arose out of nothing; third, that
it had no origin but has existed eternally; and
fourth, that it was created.
The first proposed solution asserts that there
is no problem to solve except the
metaphysical one of human consciousness,
which has occasionally itself been considered
an illusion! The hypothesis of illusion has
been lately revived in physical science by Sir
James Jeans who states that from the concepts
